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Sale of Common Stock and Warrants
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Sale Of Common Stock And Warrants  
Sale of Common Stock and Warrants

6. Sale of Common Stock and Warrants

 

May 2025 Equity Financing

 

On May 13, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with a single institutional investor (the “Investor”) for the issuance and sale of (i) 26,334 shares of the Company’s Common Stock and (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 85,524 shares of Common Stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) in a follow-on public offering (the “May 2025 Offering”), pursuant to a registration statement filed under Rule 424(b)(4) (File No. 333-287136), which was declared effective by the SEC on May 15, 2025. The Company also issued warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 223,714 shares of Common Stock (“Common Stock Warrants”).

 

The gross proceeds to the Company from the May 2025 Offering were approximately $5.0 million before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses of $802,602 payable by the Company. The May 2025 Offering closed on May 15, 2025. In this financing, the Company issued shares of Common Stock or Pre-Funded Warrants that may be exercised to purchase Common Stock in lieu thereof, and warrants that may be exercised to purchase Common Stock. In a contemporaneous private agreement entered into with the Investor, the Company agreed to reprice warrants to purchase up to 27,988 shares of Common Stock that were issued to the Investor in a financing that closed on November 20, 2024. The Company estimated the fair value of the securities issued, using the Black Scholes valuation model to estimate the fair value of the warrants, and determined the fair value of securities issued was $15.2 million. As this was a transaction with an existing stockholder, the Company recognized a $10.2 million deemed equity dividend to the Investor which was recorded in additional-paid-in capital for the period ended June 30, 2025.

 

Both the Common Stock Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants were classified as a component of permanent stockholders’ equity within additional paid-in-capital and were recorded at the issuance date. The Common Stock Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants are equity classified because they are freestanding financial instruments that are legally detachable and separately exercisable from the equity instruments, are immediately exercisable, do not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its shares, permit the holders to receive a fixed number of shares of Common Stock upon exercise, are indexed to the Company’s Common Stock and meet the equity classification criteria. In addition, the Common Stock Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants do not provide any guarantee of value or return.

 

As of June 30, 2025, all Pre-Funded Warrants issued in the May 2025 offering had been exercised. The May 2025 Common Warrants exercisable for up to 223,714 shares of Common Stock, together with the November 2024 Common Warrants (as repriced in connection with the May 2025 offering) exercisable for up to 27,988 shares of Common Stock, were subsequently exercised in the November 2025 inducement transaction discussed below.

 

Inducement Transaction and Shares held in Abeyance

 

On November 19, 2025, the Company entered into a warrant inducement agreement with the Investor (the “Inducement Agreement”), pursuant to which the Investor agreed to immediately exercise in full all of its outstanding Common Stock Warrants originally issued on November 20, 2024 (as amended on May 15, 2025) and on May 15, 2025 to purchase 251,702 shares of Common Stock, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $4.0 million before fees and expenses. At closing, the Company issued 49,834 shares and held 201,868 shares in abeyance, until such time as the Investor requested issuance.

 

In consideration for the immediate exercise of the Common Stock Warrants, the Company issued to the Investor, in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, new Common Stock Warrants to purchase up to 503,402 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $14.46 per share. In a private transaction entered into contemporaneously with the February 2026 Sale of Common Stock and Warrants discussed below, the Company agreed to an amendment to reduce the exercise price of these Common Stock Warrants to $3.633 per share, which was approved by the Company’s stockholders on June 15, 2026 at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

As of December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026, there were 162,834 shares and no shares held in abeyance, respectively.

 

 

Inducement Transaction and Shares held in Abeyance

 

On November 19, 2025, the Company entered into a warrant inducement agreement with the Investor (the “November 2025 Inducement Transaction”), pursuant to which the Investor agreed to immediately exercise in full all of its outstanding Common Stock Warrants originally issued on November 20, 2024 (as amended on May 15, 2025) and on May 15, 2025 to purchase 251,702 shares of Common Stock, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $4.0 million before fees and expenses. At closing, the Company issued 49,834 shares and held 201,868 shares in abeyance, until such time as the Investor requested issuance.

 

In consideration for the immediate exercise of the Common Stock Warrants, the Company issued to the Investor, in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, new Common Stock Warrants to purchase up to 503,404 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $14.46 per share. In a private transaction entered into contemporaneously with the February 2026 Sale of Common Stock and Warrants discussed below, the Company agreed to an amendment to reduce the exercise price of these Common Stock Warrants to $3.633 per share, which was approved by the Company’s stockholders on June 15, 2026 at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

As of December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026, there were 162,834 shares and no shares held in abeyance, respectively.

 

February 2026 Sale of Common Stock and Warrants

 

On February 17, 2026, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (“February 2026 SPA”) with the Investor, pursuant to which the Company issued 412,882 units (the “Units”) consisting of (i) 412,882 pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 412,882 shares of Common Stock, and (ii) up to 412,882 Common Stock purchase warrants (the “Common Warrants”, and together with the Pre-Funded Warrants, the “Warrants”) to purchase up to 412,882 shares of Common Stock. The issuance of the Common Warrants was subject to stockholder approval, which was obtained at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 15, 2026. The securities were offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-293396), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2026.

 

The combined purchase price for each Unit consisting of one Pre-Funded Warrant that may be exercised for one share of Common Stock and an accompanying Common Stock Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock was $3.6329. The Common Stock Warrants have an exercise price of $3.633 per share and expire on the five-year anniversary of receipt of stockholder approval. The Pre-Funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.0001, are exercisable immediately and will not expire until exercised in full.

 

On February 17, 2026, the Company also entered into a privately negotiated agreement with the Investor, which holds certain existing outstanding warrants to purchase up to 503,402 shares of Common Stock (the “Existing Warrants”), which were issued in the November 2025 Inducement Transaction, and agreed to reprice these warrants from $14.46 to $3.633, which was approved by the Company’s stockholders on June 15, 2026 at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

Stockholder approval was required for the warrants issued or modified in the February 2026 transaction in order to comply with Nasdaq Stock Market Rules. Nasdaq Stock Rule 5635(d) is referred to as the “Nasdaq 20% Rule.” In order to comply with the Nasdaq 20% Rule, the Company must seek stockholder approval to permit the potential issuance of more than 19.99% of outstanding Common Stock upon exercise of the Common Warrants in accordance with their terms. To meet the Nasdaq 20% Rule, the Company required stockholder approval under the listing rules of Nasdaq to remove the Exchange Cap provisions in the February 2026 SPA to permit the potential issuance of more than 20% of its outstanding Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the SPA.

 

The gross proceeds to the Company from the February 2026 Offering were approximately $1.5 million before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses of $389,056 payable by the Company. The offering closed on February 19, 2026.

 

The Investor may not exercise any portion of the Common Stock Warrants to the extent it would beneficially own more than the limits defined in the respective Warrant Purchase Agreement. The exercise price and number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Common Stock Warrants are subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations or stock reclassifications, as described in the respective warrant agreements. Under certain circumstances, the warrants may be exercised on a “cashless” basis.

 

 

The fair value of the Common Stock Warrants issued in this transaction was estimated at $1.3 million using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with assumptions including a term of 5 years, volatility of 131.8% and a risk-free rate of 3.57%. The change in fair value of the Existing Warrants which were amended to lower the exercise price from $14.46 to $3.633 per share was estimated at $193,910 using the Black Scholes pricing model with the assumptions including a term of 5.26 years, volatility of 131.8% and a risk-free rate of 3.57%. As this was a transaction with an existing stockholder, the difference between the gross proceeds of $1.5 million and the fair value of securities issued and the modification of the warrant, or $3.0 million, was deemed to be an equity dividend to the Investor, which was recorded in additional-paid-in capital as of June 30, 2026.

 

On March 16, 2026, the Investor exercised all of its Pre-Funded Warrants issued from the February 2026 offering, and the Company issued 412,882 shares of Common Stock. As of June 30, 2026, there were no Pre-Funded Warrants outstanding that were purchased in the February 2026 transaction.

 

February 2026 Offering and Warrant Classification

 

The February 2026 Common Stock Warrants that may be exercised to purchase up to 412,882 shares of Common Stock issued on February 17, 2026 were classified as a component of permanent stockholders’ equity within additional paid-in-capital and were recorded at the issuance date. The Common Stock Warrants are equity classified because they are freestanding financial instruments that are legally detachable and separately exercisable from the equity instruments, are immediately exercisable, do not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its shares, permit the holders to receive a fixed number of shares of Common Stock upon exercise, are indexed to the Company’s Common Stock and meet the equity classification criteria. In addition, the Common Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants do not provide any guarantee of value or return.

 

Upon modification of the November 2025 Common Stock Warrants on February 17, 2026, these warrants were reclassified from equity to a warrant liability due to a contingency in the settlement terms, and were therefore reclassified as a warrant liability. As a result, the Company recognized a warrant liability, which was measured at fair value as of March 31, 2026. Upon stockholder approval of the new strike price of $3.633 per share on June 15, 2026, the contingent strike price adjustment was resolved, all requirements for equity classification were met and the November 2025 Common Stock Warrants were reclassified to permanent equity. See Note 2. Fair Value of Financial Instruments.

 

May 2026 Sale of Common Stock and Warrants

 

On May 21, 2026, the Company completed a private placement with existing accredited investors, including the Investors in which it entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “May 2026 SPA”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell an aggregate of 474,496 units, with each unit consisting of (i) one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock” or “Shares”), at a purchase price of $7.68 per Share, or, in lieu thereof, one pre-funded warrant, and (ii) one warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock (the “Common Stock Warrants”) at a purchase price of $0.75 per Common Warrant. The units were sold at a purchase price of $8.43 per unit, and the Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants and Common Warrants comprising the units are immediately separable and were issued separately. In lieu of Shares that would otherwise result in a purchaser’s beneficial ownership exceeding 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of such Shares, certain purchasers elected to receive pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) at a purchase price of $7.6799 per Pre-Funded Warrant (equal to the per Share purchase price less $0.0001). Each Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable immediately upon issuance for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share and will remain exercisable until exercised in full. Each Common Stock Warrant is exercisable immediately upon issuance for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $7.68 per share and will expire on the five and one-half year anniversary of the original issuance date. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Common Stock Warrants are referred to herein as the “Warrant Shares.”

 

 

Pursuant to the May 2026 SPA, the Company issued and sold an aggregate of 71,174 Shares, 403,322 Pre-Funded Warrants, and Common Warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 474,496 shares of Common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $4.0 million at the closing, before deducting fees payable to the placement agent and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Investors included officers, directors and significant stockholders. Scott Garrett, Chairman of our board of directors, purchased $250,000 of securities, Hing C. Wong, our Founder and Chief Executive Officer, purchased $160,000 of securities, and Rebecca Byam, our Chief Financial Officer, purchased $20,000 of securities. Such purchases were made on the same terms and conditions as those offered to other investors.

 

In connection with the May 2026 SPA, the Company also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Investors (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the resale of the Shares and the Warrant Shares. On June 18, 2026, the SEC declared effective a resale registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-296577) covering the resale of shares of Common Stock and warrants issued in this private placement.

 

The Common Warrants may not be exercised to the extent that, after giving effect to such exercise, the holder would beneficially own more than 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise.

 

On June 22, 2026, the holder exercised all Pre-Funded Warrants issued in the May 2026 offering, and the Company issued 403,322 shares of Common Stock.

 

Participating Warrants

 

Certain warrants issued by the Company are participating warrants. Under U.S. GAAP, participating warrants are instruments that grant the holder the right to receive non-forfeitable dividends or dividend equivalents on an equal basis with common stockholders before exercise. Because they are considered “participating securities,” the Company utilizes the two-class method to calculate and report basic and diluted Earnings Per Share (EPS). See Note 9. Net Loss per Share.

 

As of June 30, 2025, outstanding participating warrants included: November 2024 Common Stock Warrants to purchase up to 27,988 shares of Common Stock, May 2025 Common Stock Warrants to purchase up to 223,714 shares of Common Stock, and Conversion Common Stock Warrants issued to the Noteholders who converted Secured Notes to equity to purchase up to 21,099 shares of Common Stock.

 

As of June 30, 2026, outstanding participating warrants included: November 2025 Common Stock Warrants to purchase up to 503,402 shares of Common Stock and Conversion Common Stock Warrants to purchase up to 21,099 shares of Common Stock.